Dead Automatons Keep Turning Up on Bug Worlds — Is Multi-Faction Warfare Next for Helldivers 2?

Helldivers 2 players are used to smashing bugs and scrapping bots. Some of you are still holding out for the rumored squids. What nobody expected was finding evidence that two of those factions might have crossed paths without us.

So... bots on Errata Prime?

Reddit user u/Snakeskinarrow dropped a set of screenshots in r/LowSodiumHellDivers showing busted Automaton parts scattered across Errata Prime, which is very much bug territory. The thread lit up immediately with theories.

'So.... they have made their way to Errata Prime huh?'

Is it a random asset spill? Maybe. But the community is reading it as a potential breadcrumb for something bigger.

Why this has everyone buzzing

• The big theory: multi-faction warfare. Fans think Arrowhead might be setting up scenarios where bugs and bots throw down on the same map while Helldivers try to complete objectives and not get pasteurized.
• Players are already imagining chaos missions that mix objectives across factions, with suggestions like 'Destroy Eggs on Gunship Fabricators' and 'Nuke Dragon Roach Nest on Command Bunker.' Darkly funny, uncomfortably plausible.
• There is a reasonable caveat: Arrowhead has been prioritizing performance fixes. Even so, many folks think this could be the next evolution of the Galactic War once stability is handled.
• The hope is a more dynamic front where factions contest territory on their own, and we drop into living warzones instead of neatly separated biomes.
• If you are new to all this, the 'squids' nickname pops up because players expect a third faction to return eventually. For now, this discovery is about bots showing up where bugs rule.

Is Arrowhead setting the table?

Veteran Helldivers will tell you Arrowhead rarely places pieces by accident. Seeing Automaton wreckage on a bug world like Errata Prime feels less like a goof and more like a narrative pivot in motion. The running prediction: an eventual campaign phase where factions collide over turf, and we adapt on the fly while the front shifts under our boots.

Whether it is a one-off tease, a timed event, or the first step toward that bigger systemic update, the vibe in the community is clear: something is moving out there.

And the important, extremely scientific question: if bots and bugs actually start fighting each other, who do you have winning? Sound off.